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God must have read my post yesterday and decided that I'd had enough pleasure over our winter so far. It is snowing today when the forecast had said it would be too warm. Still, it is not snowing a lot. A dusting. I might be able to handle it.

Scarlet: I tried so hard to get a video of Macy struttin her stuff but every time she'd be aware I was watching and stop what she was doing. Camera shy I guess.

LL Cool Joe: I tried never to be mortified by what my pets or children did. Sometimes creatures do what comes natural and it isn't always pretty but can usually be laughed about. Eventually.

Ms Moon: I know how fortunate I am to have a mother who is not in denial. She was able to part with her dream home years ago when my father was dying and although she does enjoy her condo, she wants to be prepared and in a position to choose where she goes next - put on a list if necessary to be where she will be comfortable before the inevitable arrives and she has to go wherever they will take her. She will be looking at more than the surface facts too. She was fooled into choosing a very pretty nursing home for my Dad where the staff were not so caring - and kicked him out because he was too much trouble! (dementia) (hello? isn't that why you are there? to care for difficult people?) He ended up in an older facility that my mother had not cared for but found to be filled with wonderful staff who accepted my father's personality as par for the course.

Skippy: I know my Mom will like it because she gets to choose. She was hesitant about her condo because she believed that "apartment" people weren't friendly. She's known enough people now who have moved happily into retirement homes that she is okay with it. She knows she will make friends (and sadly, lose them too). And she won't be a burden on her kids. She isn't thrilled with the cost but prepared.